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Originally Posted by Willravel
We prosecuted people for waterboarding on the charge of torture. The convictions in those trials set legal precedent.
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True, but those people would force water down a soldiers throat until he passed out.
The US application was considerably different, shorter duration, and without unconsciousness.
Just as twisting someones arm may be perfectly legal to force compliance during an arrest but excessive force if it is twisted so hard it is broken in multiple places.
Scaring someone simply isn't torture. The recent application of water boarding was controlled specifically to elicit fear without causing damage.
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